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Reservoir Living

Reservoir Living

jodihook June 30, 2026
My husband and I joined Navigators staff in 1989, and we’ve served with World Missions in Latin America for decades. When we returned to the U.S., I had a burning…
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Mastery and Mystery

Mastery and Mystery

Lyndi Lee Markus June 10, 2026
LYNDI LEE MARKUS Train – Develop – Care | Editor-in-Chief for Upfront To relinquish mastery is to relinquish control. Am I the only one challenged by the thought that my…
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Unraveling

Unraveling

Rebekah Cornelius January 5, 2026
Rebekah Cornelius | Train – Develop – Care Tugging on one little thread can unravel the whole sweater—a visual that describes my relationship with grief and loss. Loss has unraveled…
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God Changed My View of Prayer

God Changed My View of Prayer

Peggy Reynoso June 23, 2025
Peggy Reynoso Train – Develop – Care I had a love-hate relationship with prayer. For most of my life, God spoke to me sporadically, usually in times of great need…
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With Me on My Journey

With Me on My Journey

Jo Newell April 29, 2025
By Jo Newell, TDC God walked so faithfully and kindly with me in the year following our only son Nathaniel’s death. He met me often through people, almost daily in…
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Dangit, Jo!

Dangit, Jo!

Lyndi Lee Markus April 29, 2025
By Lyndi Lee Markus, TDC - “Dangit, Jo!” I exclaimed to my spiritual director. Except I did not use the word dangit. I had come to our session discouraged to…
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The Light of Christ

The Light of Christ

Amanda Torres April 29, 2025
By Amanda Torres, Collegiate - As she struck a match to light the candle for our spiritual direction session, I heard my director say the familiar words she opens with…
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Building Below the Waterline

Building Below the Waterline

Howard Baker September 23, 2024
When surveying the landscape and mining the data around what is happening to people in positions of mission and ministry leadership, several trends become apparent. Among them are:  While social…
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Riding the Waves of Transition

Riding the Waves of Transition

Serene Chua July 22, 2024
Transitions can be hard, especially those that aren’t expected. But even for the ones we long for, there are still lessons to learn, emotions to sort out and most of…
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An Empty Place

An Empty Place

Mark Rood July 22, 2024
With our belongings loaded onto a ship for the journey back to the U.S., I find myself sitting among the dust bunnies on the floor of our vacant Tokyo home,…
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Transitions and Thresholds

Transitions and Thresholds

Elizabeth Davies July 22, 2024
As soon as you hear the word transition or change, I’m sure a range of images, experiences, life stages, and emotions occur. As they signal the end of one thing…
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When Differences Pull Us Apart

When Differences Pull Us Apart

February 6, 2024
 I can’t help but notice that a spirit of argument and polarization seems to have taken over our world. Maybe it feels collectively harder to handle conflict because we’re tired…
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Cheating is Wrong… Isn’t It?

Cheating is Wrong… Isn’t It?

Tammy Murden February 6, 2024
SEEK TO UNDERSTAND BEFORE BEING UNDERSTOOD  The first thing most missionaries learn is the mantra, “Different isn’t wrong, it’s just different.”  In situations where we don’t understand others’ actions, it…
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Don’t Question the Expert

Don’t Question the Expert

Jo Newell February 6, 2024
For as far back as I can recall, being right has been important to me. You might say it has formed a significant part of my identity. I can remember…
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Position Mixtapes

Position Mixtapes

Lyndi Lee Markus July 24, 2023
How do we know what we know? How do we determine our position, or what we believe, on various issues? We all combine different sources of knowledge in different ways,…
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Gentle and Right

Gentle and Right

Osaze Murray July 24, 2023
“Why do you want to do this now?” my business partner asked. “it’s not the right time.” I sulked for a moment, then retaliated. “I’ve been doing most of the…
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